Broken Healthcare · 2026-04-09 · 1h 5m
Emma Fox joins the show in-studio to explain why healthcare costs keep rising and how incentives inside the traditional health insurance system often work against employers and patients. Drawing on her experience inside the industry, Emma breaks down how compensation structures, carrier incentives, and consolidation influence employer-sponsored healthcare decisions. She explains why more organizations are exploring self-funded health plans, independent TPAs, direct primary care, and reference-based pricing as alternatives to traditional insurance models. We also discuss how collaboration between employers, advisors, and physicians can help create more transparent healthcare strategies, and why education initiatives like Symposium are helping drive innovation across the healthcare ecosystem. If you are an employer, advisor, HR leader, or healthcare professional trying to better understand rising healthcare costs, this conversation offers practical insight into how the system works and where change may happen. Subscribe for more conversations focused on improving healthcare outcomes.
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